Women often suffer from depression at times of hormonal fluctuation such as prior to menstruation or after childbirth. Hormone-related mood changes can be effectively and simply treated by a correction of the underlying hormonal changes using hormone therapy. However, often women with hormone-responsive depression will still have hormone levels within normal range. As a result, doctors can often overlook or dismiss the association between mood and hormones. It is therefore important to discuss this with your doctor if you believe that your state of mind may be hormone-related.
Consultant Gynaecologist Professor John Studd is a world-renowned expert in the treatment of hormone-related depression. He states: “The association between hormonal fluctuations and depression is often not recognised by doctors who instead of recommending hormone therapy prescribe antidepressants. These are inappropriate for hormone responsive depression and so often have no effect.”
